[AquaticLife] New to the group. New Pond w/ gold fish
The algae is a natural part of ponding. When your plants start growing and utilizing the available nutrients in the pond, the algae will start to lessen until it is gone. I’m not sure exactly where you are, but my experience in the bay area on a few trips out there has shown me that there can be a great deal of variation in the weather depending on your location, so if you have a winter, where the temperatures go under 50 degrees for a length of time, you’ll experience your plants going dormant, or losing them, and the algae will start again when the weather gets warmer.
The raccoons, on the other hand, can be quite the problem. However, if you have steep sides in the pond, they will eventually give up trying to catch fish and plants and go somewhere the pickings are easier. I do not speak from a position of experience, however, but maybe someone else on the list will give you a “sure-fire method” of ridding yourself at raccoons. They are pretty smart critters, however.
\Steve//
Category: Philippines Internet Koi Society
